ELA+1+Lesson+4

=__ Topic __ : = __Lucia's Neighborhood__ (Lesson 4) To become familiar with the members of your neighborhood community and their jobs, To use text and graphic features in order to aid comprehension of text.

=__ Common Core Standards __ : = RI.1.5 Know and use various text features to locate key facts or information in a text. RI.1.7 Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas. L.1.1f Use frequently occuring adjectives. W.1.5 With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed. 1.5.2 Communities provide facilities and services to help satisfy the needs and wants of people who live there. RF.1.3b Decode regularly spelled one-syllable words.

=__ Suggested Student Objectives: __= SW be able to read this week's spelling words that follow a CVC (short vowel sound /e/) pattern in the decodable readers. SW identify graphic features, including captions, titles and labels. SW use captions, titles and/or labels in individual writing. SW use adjectives in their writing to describe size and shape.

=__ Suggested Additional Readings: __= __ Only One Neighborhood __ (Harshman, Marc) __ Good Night Walk __ (Cooper, Elisha)

=__ Resource Links: __=
 * [] (Away We Go: All About Transportation)
 * []
 * [] (How Communities Are Alike and Different)
 * [] (At Work: Sound the Alarm: Firefighters)

=__ Activities: __= Using magnetic letters, teacher will dictate one CVC word with a medial short /e/ sound to students. Students will form that word with letters and then make rhyming words following the pattern. Allow students to think of words that describe each place that Lucia visits in her neighborhood. Choose one of the places she visited and draw a picture of how it looks in your neighborhood. Write a caption, label or a short sentence.

=__ Assessments: __= Spelling and Journey's Lesson 4 weekly assessments. Practice workbook p.47 (writing)

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